In a dark stage space, four performers in blue coats stand on office chairs in the midst of an audience scattered around the room. The performers sing and hold wind instruments and German flags in their hands.

Music Theatre / Performance

Daniel Dominguez Teruel

Lovesong

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15 Euro (conc. 9 Euro, [k]-Karte 7,50 Euro) / Double ticket with the show VOICES: 20 Euro

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Saturday

4/1/23

7:00 PM

In a very gloomy room, four people are sitting in a circle of chairs. A fifth one in the middle stands in front of his chair and looks up loftily, his arms raised openly to the side. The people sitting are looking at smartphones in their hands.

Daniel Dominguez Teruel

Voices

With LOVESONG and VOICES the Hamburg composer and artist Daniel Dominguez Teruel presents two parts of his music theater series “How to Listen to Monuments and What to Listen to when Everything is Melting” – an examination of national anthems and the question of how to listen to monuments. The music theater LOVESONG deconstructs the German national anthem and impressively expresses the ambivalence in relation to state symbols such as the anthem or the flag. The remarkable work has already celebrated an acclaimed premiere at the Hamburg festival Hauptsache Frei in 2021 and was honored with an invitation to the Impulse Festival.

A man with curly hair and glasses sings into a microphone with a soulfully distorted face. He holds a hand in front of his chest. He is lit up in red, the background is very dark.

A huge green inflatable pigeon lies tilted to one side on a shiny black floor. Next to it is a tower amplifier with pigeon defence spikes on top.

A blonde woman in a black Addidas tracksuit and white gloves waves a huge Germany flag above her. A second woman in the same outfit is standing by a column in the right edge of the picture. There are jukeboxes in the background

A person in an inflated golden bodysuit wears a pigeon mask on their head and pushes a polishing machine across the floor. A German flag protrudes from the edge of the picture.

A man with a dark beard and short hair stands in front of a microphone with a stand and speaks into it. He holds up his hand in a gesture that emphasises his words. He is wearing a down jacket with a fur collar.

Four people in black Addidas tracksuits and white gloves wave huge German flags around them. A man and a woman stand close to each other in the middle. Another man and a woman stand further away and look at them

A blonde woman in a black Addidas tracksuit and white gloves looks at her left hand, which is stretched upwards. Her right hand is close to her body. She is wearing a pigtail. Black background

Four people in blue coats stand in a very dark room. They play wind instruments and cast long shadows on the floor.

In a bright hall with white bars, people in black tracksuits wave German flags.

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With: Daniel Dominguez Teruel

Concept, music, scenography: Daniel Dominguez Teruel Voice: Mona Steinwidder, Nouri Zink: Lilli Pätzold Baroque trombone: Alexandra Mikheeva, Dalton Harris, Tural Ismayilov Arrangement Renaissance Hymn: Lilli Pätzold Electric guitar: Roman Klobe, Homero Alonso Langbein Flags: Hans Konrad, Lisa Meroth, Svenja Freimoser, Alexandra Mennel Supervision: Ines Schlaich Dove: Mia Hadžikadunić, Daniel Dominguez Teruel Artistic assistance, styling: Golo Pauleit Dramaturgical advice: Adnan Softić Rehearsal Choir: Eva Spaeth Technical direction, lighting: Florian Vitez Sound engineering: Benjamin Kurz

A production by Daniel Dominguez Teruel in co-production with Hauptsache Frei Festival Hamburg. Supported by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media, the Performing Arts Fund of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Rudolf Augstein Foundation and the revival and guest performance funding of the Dachverband freie darstellende Künste Hamburg, on behalf of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Culture and the Media.

Daniel Dominguez Teruel

Lovesong

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